{"id":1004022372,"date":"2010-08-12T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T17:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004022372"},"modified":"2022-12-08T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:27:23","slug":"san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco&#8217;s $4.2B Transbay Project Gets Head Start on High-Speed Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2010\/08\/Trans-medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004022374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\/trans-medium\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2010\/08\/Trans-medium-e1281634752881.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"479,357\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Trans medium\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2010\/08\/Trans-medium-e1281634752881.jpg?w=479\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1004022374\" title=\"Trans medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2010\/08\/Trans-medium-e1281634752881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ground has just broken on the initial phase of San Francisco&#8217;s 1 million-square-foot Transbay Transit Center, the first new station on the proposed national high-speed rail network to get under way. The landmark multi-modal transportation hub, dubbed the Grand Central Station of the West, carries a total development price tag of $4.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by the renowned Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects architectural firm, Transbay will sprout downtown at the intersection of First and Mission streets in place of what had been a 71-year-old terminal. The project&#8217;s first phase encompasses the five-story, $1.6 billion transit center. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA), the project\u2019s sponsor, is drawing on a variety of funding sources. In February, the project won \u00a0awarded $400 million in federal stimulus funds, courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which allotted $35 billion for highway and public transportation infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will Transbay provide access to 11 public transit systems&#8211;two below-grade levels of rail lines and an above-grade level for bus transportation&#8211;it will also serve as a social gathering place for neighborhood residents and visitors. The Grand Hall will be the main public space, enhanced by street-level retail shops, caf\u00e9s and public promenades. Additionally, a 5.4-acre rooftop urban park will offer an outdoor amphitheater and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco has long been a leader in sustainability, and Transbay, which will be built to LEED Gold standards, is intended to serve as a state-of-the-art green project. Among its environmentally friendly elements is an underground geothermal heat exchange system. Spanning four and a half blocks beneath the facility, it promises to be one of the largest installations of its kind in the world. Additionally, natural light will be a signature feature of the Grand Hall, which will feature a 120-foot-tall light column capped by a 4,000-square-foot domed skylight.<\/p>\n<p>Development of phase one is on track for completion in seven years and will generate an estimated 48,000 construction jobs. Phase two will produce the 1.3-mile downtown rail extension. Construction will get underway in 2012 and wrap up 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project is the first new station on the proposed national high-speed rail network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":445,"featured_media":1004507609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21808,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004022372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-featured","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>San Francisco&#039;s $4.2B Transbay Project Gets Head Start on High-Speed Rail - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Francisco&#039;s $4.2B Transbay Project Gets Head Start on High-Speed Rail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The project is the first new station on the proposed national high-speed rail network.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-08-12T17:40:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T21:27:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/03\/Trans-medium.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"224\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Rosta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Rosta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed97e8245f278ce01a7b951f706152af\"},\"headline\":\"San Francisco&#8217;s $4.2B Transbay Project Gets Head Start on High-Speed Rail\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-12T17:40:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T21:27:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Trans-medium.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Development\",\"Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/san-franciscos-4-2b-transbay-project-gets-head-start-on-high-speed-rail-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"San Francisco's $4.2B Transbay Project Gets Head Start on High-Speed Rail - 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